Class Action Defense

• Boy Scouts sex trial shifts to punitive damages
  AP (April 14, 2010)
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A $1.4 million jury award to an Oregon man who filed a sex abuse lawsuit against the Boy Scouts has become an unwelcome reminder that an American institution based on trustworthiness has to account for past problems.
   
  
• Toyota official: 'We need to come clean'
  AP (April 07, 2010)
  WASHINGTON (AP) - Five days before Toyota announced a massive recall, a U.S. public relations executive at the automaker warned colleagues in an internal e-mail: "We need to come clean" about accelerator problems, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press on Wednesday.
   
  
• NY suit vs. Google seeks damages for pictures, art
  AP (April 07, 2010)
  NEW YORK (AP) - Groups representing photographers and artists on Wednesday accused Internet search leader Google of copyright infringement in a lawsuit that mirrors complaints book publishers and authors have made for years about the company's attempt to create the world's largest digital library.
   
  
• Judge upholds DC's post-Supreme Court gun laws
  AP (March 26, 2010)
  WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal judge on Friday upheld limitations on gun ownership that the District of Columbia put in place following a 2008 Supreme Court decision overturning the city's outright ban on handguns.
   
  
• Black farmers' settlement still not a done deal
  AP (March 26, 2010)
  WASHINGTON (AP) - A $1.25 billion settlement between black farmers and the Agriculture Department is at risk of unraveling after Congress adjourned for a two-week break without approving the spending.
   
  
• Toyota asks panel to consolidate lawsuits in Calif
  AP (March 25, 2010)
  SAN DIEGO (AP) - Attorneys for Toyota Motor Corp. and people suing the Japanese automaker over sudden acceleration problems urged a federal panel Thursday to consolidate more than 200 lawsuits before a single